Harry Benshoff, Sean Griffin (eds.): Queer Cinema - The Film Reader

USA/CAN/UK 2004, 242 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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»Queer Cinema« brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. »Auteurs« examines the ways in which sexuality figures in the work of queer filmmakers. »Forms« explores how the horror film, the musical, film noir, and the animated film construct ... Weiterlesen

Pamela Gibson (ed.): More Dirty Looks

UK 2004, 264 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Hailed as »a paradigm shift in feminist responses to pornography« when first published in 1993, »Dirty Looks« was instantly lauded as a landmark volume. This new edition adds to the core of the original selection new accounts of recent transformations in the politics and presentation of porn. The authors argue for the significance of porn in debates around gender, feminism, ... Weiterlesen

Miriam Lang (Hg.): Salsa Cubana - Tanz der Geschlechter

D 2004, 143 S., Broschur, € 12.34
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Das Bild vom Leben auf Kuba unter Castro wird nach außen hin stark von Klischees geprägt. Die Autorinnen in diesem Buch versuchen, die wirkliche Situation der Frauen und Männer auf der Karibikinsel wiederzugeben. So erfährt der Leser, dass es auf der Insel sehr wohl Sextourismus gibt. Auch wird deutlich, wie es um die Emanzipation der Frauen bestellt ist, die ja ... Weiterlesen

Joanne Meyerwitz: How Sex Changed

USA 2004, 363 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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The author tells you all you need to know about the social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the USA. It's the human story about people who have a deep and unshakable desire to transform their bodily sex. Over the past century, when many challenged the social categories and hierarchies of race, class, and gender, transsexuals questioned biological sex ... Weiterlesen

Daniel Boyarin / Daniel Itzkovitz (eds.): Queer Theory and the Jewish Question

USA 2003, 464 pp., brochure, € 69.95
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Columbia University Press
The essays in this volume boldly map the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. With important essays by such well-known figures in queer and gender studies as Judith Butler, Daniel Boyarin, Marjorie Garber, Michael Moon, and Eve Sedgwick, this book is not so much interested in revealing ... Weiterlesen

Sharon Farmer and Carol B. Pasternack (eds.): Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages

USA 2003, 354 pp., brochure, € 44.95
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University of Minnesota Press
Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about »men« and »women« of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates how the idea of gender - in the Middle Ages no less than now - intersected in subtle and complex ways with other categories of difference. Responding to the insights of postcolonial and feminist theory, the authors ... Weiterlesen

Dana Rosenfeld: The Changing of the Guard

USA 2003, 250 pp., brochure, € 24.20
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One of the first books to link identity, age, and gender, »The Changing of the Guard« offers a significant meditation on the politics of older lesbians and gays. Combining interviews and sustained critical thought, Rosenfeld links the development of lesbian and gay elders' identity with the key moments in the 20th century reinvention of homosexuality. In doing so, she bridges ... Weiterlesen

Nikki Sullivan: A Critical Introduction to Queer Theory

USA 2003, 232 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Nikki Sullivan explores the ways in which sexuality, subjectivity, and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts. The book begins by putting gay and lesbian sexuality and politics in historical context and demonstrates how, and why, queer theory emerged in the West in the late 20th century. It goes on to provide a detailed overview of ... Weiterlesen

Ursula Pasero, Christine Weinbach (Hg.): Frauen, Männer, Gender Trouble

D 2003, 276 S., Pb, € 12.34
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Essays, in denen erstmals versucht werden soll, »Gender Stduies« mit dem systemtheoretischen Ansatz zu vereinbaren. Systemtheorie an sich scheut vor normativ aufgeladenen Strömungen in den Wissenschaften zurück, wodurch sich Berührungsängste gegenüber dem »mainstream« der Geschlechterforschung aufgebaut haben. Diese abzubauen, bzw. die Diskussion über gemeinsame Themen zum allgemeinen Nutzen voranzutreiben, ist das Ergebnisse einer vollkommen geänderten Situation: eine von der Systemtheorie ... Weiterlesen

David M. Friedman: A Mind of Its Own

A Cultural History of the Penis. USA 2003, 358 pp., Pb, € 19.90
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Setting out to »make intellectual and emotional sense of a man's relationship with his defining organ«, the author moves from highbrow to lowbrow in this lighthearted but substantive cultural history of the penis. Successively viewed as a life source, a symbol of sacred covenant with God, an emblem of shame, an instrument of domination, a mere prop for the pharmaceutical ... Weiterlesen

Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, Martin Manalansan (eds.): Queer Globalizations

USA 2002, 274 pp., brochure, € 26.95
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Globalization has a taste for queer cultures. Whether in advertising, film, performance art, the internet, or in the political discourses of human rights in emerging democracies, queerness sells and the transnational circulation of peoples, identities, and social movements that we call »globalization« is deemed to be liberating to the extent that it incorporates queer lives and cultures. The essays in ... Weiterlesen

Alan Ellis, others (eds.): The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research

USA 2002, 179 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Discover the electronic gateways into the global queer community by this powerful reference tool. It offers a comprehensive, reliable guide to internet resources for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. More than just a guide to useful web sites, it also evaluates LGBTQ mailing lists, message boards, search engines, and portals. You'll also find in-depth interviews with leaders ... Weiterlesen

Paul Baker: Fantabulosa

A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. USA/UK 2002, 242 pp., brochure, € 39.99
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Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the 20th century. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to Kenneth Williams, American GIs in London and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, to bitch, to gossip and to cruise. Since ... Weiterlesen

David Loftus: Watching Sex

How Men Really Respond to Pornography. USA 2002, 336 pp., brochure, € 16.59
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Dozens of books have been published on pornography, yet almost none feature the voices of men who use it. This book offers a counter-polemic to anti-pornography theory by going straight to the source: the men who actually buy and use pornography. Through interviews with nearly 150 men, we'll learn more about men's first contact with pornography (how it happened and ... Weiterlesen

Susan C. Quinlan, Fernando Arenas (eds.): Lusosex

USA 2002, 317 pp., brochure, € 37.99
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This book focuses on connections between nationhood, sex, and gender in the Portuguese-speaking, world. Through the critical lenses of gay and lesbian studies, queer theory, postcolonial studies, feminist theory, and postmodern theory, the authors consider the work of such influential literary figures as Clarice Lispector and Silviano Santiago. An important aspect of the volume is the publication of a newly ... Weiterlesen